Witch; a person who turns into a witch at night.
aswang
Ang molang pagmasit ay inokot tang mangalok animan napatay.
The sick child was made ill by a witch eating his liver and so he died.
It is said that what the witch does is to remove the liver of
the person and eat it raw. This causes the person to
become ill and die.
Ang taw ang mangalok, mga alenget dang
mapatay, kaministiran may taw ang mangako ong
teled tang pamilia para indi ra magpinitinsia ig
mapatay da.
A person who is a witch, when close to death, they need a
person within the family who will inherit their power so
that they will no longer suffer and just die.
Some people believe that certain people have the power to
turn into witches at night. They take on the form of certain
animals or birds and fly around at night, especially when a
full moon is rising. They make people ill by “eating”
their livers, therefore people keep their windows closed at
night. The witches fly around on Tuesday and Friday nights,
therefore on these days you should not talk about anyone
who is believed to be a witch, because they will know they
are being talked about. There are believed to be at least
three kinds of mangalok witches. The forms they take
are: kirit-kitit, a kind of bird; tanggar, beings with a
human face and large wings like a fruit bat; bampira,
vampires. Witches can also take the form of snakes, cats,
dogs, and crows. People who turn into witches can be
recognized because they can be seen at times standing on
their hands, especially on Fridays when the sun is going
down. There are other signs that a person is a witch, for
example, a person who always has bruises on his face and
arms might be a witch that takes the form of a cat since
cats are often struck by people. Another sign is if the
person has a bad kind of body odor.